Can anyone give advice as to the most suitable software package to
use to analyse the following data - I have a fellow researcher who is
about to embark on the following data collection.....
1,500 - 2,000 questionnaires will generate mainly quantitative
data, (where SPSS enters the scene) however, there are also quite
a few open-ended questions - approx. 25 in the questionnaire
which could elicit answers of anything from a few words to a few
paragraphs - potentially.
Given that NVivo is not suitable for such large chunks of data, does
anyone have any ideas on what would be the most suitable
analysis package to use? My feeling is that as the qualitative data
is going to be gathered on paper, rather than face to face, this may
significantly reduce the length of data generated and, this said,
then NVivo may be suitable to use, given that you can code at a
very detailed level.
Any ideas/opinions, most welcome.
With thanks,
- Mica
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